单词 | coconut |
释义 | coconut (once / 3161 pages) n A coconut is a large, nut-like fruit that grows high in trees. Coconuts have very hard shells and sweet, white flesh inside. The white, flaked coconut you can buy in a bag at the grocery store is a processed form of the coconut fruit. Coconuts are large brown balls that must be cut or sawed open — inside the shell is the coconut meat, and clear coconut water. To use coconut for baking, it has to first be grated and, often, sweetened. The word comes from coco, "grinning face," in Portuguese, which may refer to the three face-like holes in a coconut shell. WORD FAMILYcoconut: coconuts USAGE EXAMPLESIt is vegan, and it tastes like tapioca flavored with coconut. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Big Tree is now Indonesia’s largest organic food company and the biggest producer and manufacturer of coconut sweeteners in the world. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) She then mixes it with coconut milk, tops it off with ginger beer and garnishes it with fresh curry leaves. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk Syn|Hyper cocoanut edible nut a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell 2n tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics Syn|Hyper Cocos nucifera, coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut palm, coconut tree palm, palm tree any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves 3n the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries Syn|Hypo|Hyper coconut meat copra the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted food, solid food any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
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